Philip hinkle



@uitrit gieten ntent @ffice Leners Patent' N. 80,176, dated July 21, 186s.

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To'ALL WHoM 1T MAY conocen;

Be it known that I, PHILIP HINKLE, of thecity of San Francisco, in the State of California, have invented' a new and useful Improvement on Spring-Betl Bottoms or bedstead-bottoms; and I do hereby declare that the following is a. full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying draw-` ings, and to the letters and marks thereon, which said drawings 'show a bedstead, with the bottom thereof cou` structed under my invention- Figure 1 being a longitudinal sectional view, and

Figure 2 a top view. A

In both ofv these figures like marks' and letters are used to indicate like parts.

My invention may properly be termed a wire suspension or truss-spring bottom, as it has both Vthe spring and the truss attached to'each strip or`slat. I' V The ends 'of the bedstead are marked a and b, and the sides e and d.

The sluts e are springs of wood, or may be of metal, having at the centre or arch' a bridge, f, secured by u screw or other suitable means. At each end of the slats-are aiixed metal plate-s, g,-withl 1o1es for the wires h and for the hooks i The inn'er ends of the wires are connected tothe Suspenders j, and between the sus.- penders is the elastic band It directly under tbc bridgef. The hooks are attached to elastic strips o'r bands, l, through which bands-a r'od or bar, m, is passed, which rod or bar is secured in a recess in the cross-bar n of the head-board o `on the one end, and` of the foot-board p on the other end of the bedstead. These rods m are shown connected to the cross-bar by screws, but they may be held in the recess b'y any other suitable means.

This manner of connecting the slats to the bedstoad isvery easy and convenient, and allows of easy removal for repairs of anyone or more of the slats.

The whole arrangement of the slats, and the pieces and parts connected lto orwith the-m, a'ords asoft andV very comfortable bottom.

I contempla'te, in some instances, te substitute, for the plate q and hooks `z', a connecting-device that will be like the common harness-buckle, without the tongue, which could easily be fitted in a groove in the end or near I the erid of the slut, and the end of the wires h could be twisted around the slat, and held by a pin or screw,

which would be perhaps cheaper-than the plates and hooks. V

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is`

. The Vcombination of the rod'm in the recess, bands l end c, -suspenders j, bridge b, wires L, and slats e, a5..

herein set forth.

This specification signed, this 6th day of April, A. D. 1868-.

' PHILIPy HINKLE;

Witnesses:

J. W, MeKnxzIE, Jona: L. SAMUBLS. 

